The only trouble with free choice is that people are free to make the wrong choices, to paraphrase the philosopher and thelogian Thomas Aquinas. Orange and their custom paint options are a prime example – just because you can have a neon yellow swingarm with a pink frame and bright green rims doesn’t mean you should. To this end, Orange have decided that the best way to show true style and class is with a bit of understatement – enter the limited Five Pro Blackout.

They’ve produced twenty special versions of their ever-popular Five Pro trailbikes in the subtly sparkly Disco Black finish, kitted out with as much British made kit as possible. There are black and green Special Edition Hope Tech X2 brakes, headset and QRs, plus Ti bolts to up the bling.

anything’s better than some of the shit colour schemes you see on Orange’s FB page.

My Cube Stereo Race is matt black with minimalistic livery to make it look stealthy, but Cube didn’t give it a tagline like blackout just to give an excuse to probably charge more money for a poor value for money bike. Plus why ft XC brakes to an alledged all trail bike? I’ve got X2′s on my HT and M4′s on my other full susser and dread to think how poor the X2′s would cope on the 5. The Cube has formula The One’s which are like the X2′s and M4′s put together!